The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-19 00:00:00

The excess of the supply of capital in the open market over the demand for money has induced the brokers still further to lower their rates for accom modation. Notwithstanding this reduction, how. ever, the public seem indisposed to negotiate their bills when a few days hence further concessions may be granted. The quotations for first class bills are i 2l, per cent. The rcturn issued by the Bank of England shows try satLifuctory Glterations. 'rue discount business of the establishment has been reduced, and a conse (Pent failing off is exhibited in the other securities, while the reserves of notes and bullion have been largely increased. • Annexed are the particulars : 444V0 Circulation £21,027,495 Decrease .. 223,145 Bullion 12,725,759 Increase :15,834 Rest .. 3,67v,310 Increase .. 22,041 Public Deposits 5,145,800 Increase 182,578 ()Cher Deposits.. .. 13,950,446 Decrease 69,310 Seven Day and other Bills 526,614 Decrease 4,030 Government Securities .. 10,897,095 Decrease .. 200,000 ()Cher Securities .. .. 20,600,841 Decrease 507,710 Notes Unemployed 6,666,065 Increase .. .. 312,340 The Council of the Bank of France have been enabled this week to show a very favourable balance- Sheet. The commercial bills representing the dis count business of the establishment have been reduced by £253,300, the advances by £20,000, the Bank notes in circulation by £320,000, and the current accounts by £364,400, while an addition bas been made of £146,700 to tho bullion, and of 4 136,000 to the Treasury balances. There were no bullion operations at the Bank 3'esterd ay. During the last few days there has been rather %ore activity in the markets for foreign and colo nial produce. Sugars have been dealt in to some extent at enhanced rates. Coffee has been in fair demand at steady prices, but the public sales of tea have proceeded without animation at about previous quotations. In the Tallow Market business has b een rather dull for both present and forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, aocrrding to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cents. ,;ere 36f, 45c. The market for English Stocks hue exhibited s ymptoms of weakness, and a fall in the Funds of t Per cent, has ensued. litaAly any L.;.ss has btea in progress to-cic.j, and the deci....J6 io prices is attribatelYe rather ti this tLan to al .ur 89Z eunistacce. Consols ar3 S 9 I for Ilion:. for the account. General heaviness has prevailed iu i:ac 31 arket, and business is very quiet. Turk'.L . J. per Cents., 1862, are 69/ 70; do. Mexican, 28: i; Greek, 231 In 31 1 . Z; do. Certificates, 12: ; Po, 47:-, 2. ; Ituf:sian, 851:1; and the ConfederaL 79 80. The cleilings in the Railway Share have beet rest.:l:,.,:ed, and prices have show.: !micznaed reduct :3:.)uth Eastern have declined .1;1, Great North?rn A :stock, and Metropolitan, each 10s., and C. and Midland, each ss. Tti€, Colonial lines continue inactive Bank a7d 2,li.wellaceous Shares continue dull 'without matnial alterations as regards prices. Aberaman Iron Works are quoted 1, lf prem.; Landon Engineering, 11 2 prem.; Natal Invest ment, 1 prem.; and Maritime Credit, 11 14 Prem. BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. , %:YVERNmENT FuNDB. ' Per Cent. Consols 1) 0 Account, Aug 8 P e r Cent. Reduced B3 il t New 2 3 per Cent ,rs' 1 per Cent. Jan. 1891.... A la o 5 per Cent., Jan 1873 los} - 'l'uities, 30 yrs, expire Eith Jan., 1880 — lie for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1886 - -Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. E zchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 3} per Cent. Do £5OO Do 4100 and £2OO —a llk . England SUE, 51 per Ct. ... Do Account.. INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -.4(11a Stock, lOf C t Apri11874.... 211 10 13 10 ~‘ p er en ~ DO Account Do 5 per Cent. July, 1870 ,„Do Account.... — 4)0 4 per Cent., Oct, 1888 99 i 1 1 Do Certificates -lio Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — 1)0 5; per Cent., May, 1879 _ 1, -. '" o 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 1) ,, ,, tunds.Bl,Oull — " 0 under £l,OOO _ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. At ta 1,, trian Bonds, 5 per Cent '''''.47ilieui 5 per Cent t kl 4i per Cent., 1852-58-60 to D o 1863 -- 1 ,, 5 ?10s Ayres 6 per Cent e„', lll a'a 6 per Cent. — c",,Tinbian 6 per Cent — 7 4 ) 6 per Cent. t )0 6 per Cent. 1564 — r inador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — -bDo, V rov i sona l L an d W a rrant... ° °iBll 3 per Cent., 1825 t .l 4 - , 0 5 per Cent, 1861 2 ',. l 'Pliati 7 per Cent -,0:-'0, Second Issue - 1 ' h e o A c k 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — ..., ccount D 0 C,„ IN C ou pons 0-_-'0 Account , — gateruala 5 per Cent. — altars 189 5 3 per Cent.(Maremmana itailway) ,0_ per , wan 3 per Cent 'do Account Do 1864.. Do French Scrip, Ex 25f 200.. , s 6 per Cen , . Anglo-French dis lt , L'ito Scrip, £23 paid iloorish Imperial b per Cent ""ew Granada l2} '.- Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred 1 - ) 0 Land Warrants (Hectares) D 0 Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 - b Do • ernovi,an 41 per do Aug., 1366 Cent 0 0 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) .. — Do 41 per Cent., 1862 - ~ Do Account P o d per Cent., 1853 Do Acco'lnt Do 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, 'GO, 62;3.. Do Ac count 47} ItutaSia . o 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do L.'4 per Cent., 1850 .. Do 1860 1)0 . 3 Der Cent 1859 . , - D ' -'e 5 per Cant, 1862 .. J Anglo-Dutch 8a , o Scrip, £4O paid Pin Ninian 5 per Cent tAccount — knish 3 per Cent 110 Account DO ,, Ne w Deferred ° Account i . ° Passive Fi t , 4 ° ~ .cconnt Cif .h Cert. of Coup not funded $ w ? Account l 9i f s t ,e‘ lish, 4 ner Cent......... .1 , 0 Scrip;E6o paid tkisla 6 per Cent. 1854 0 B Account .......... . o °6 per Cent. 1858 ............ •.... 7- ° Aecount i 2 i D 0 410 j Bonds I.) e rt 4 33 per Cent. 1862 b° Account ° 4100 Bonds — Do 1863 17' r) . 0 Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ,„ I °zueia 3 per Cent. 4, 0 1) Account — ii ° per Cent., 1852 1 , 0 Account I' l ° Scrip £ls paid L° I •'a Cut .1 per e A Dividends on the above payable in Lo n d on -'ttstrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. 1 1 90 Account D u e ian 4 per Cent., Ea. 25f..... — ~-,k 2i per Cent.,Ex. 12 Gail., I t *", o per Cent. ertificates + Ma 5C nt 1861, Ex. 25 francs — I)p e r e '' ,i, account 67 i., ettch Itentes, 2 per Cent..... . prit 140 , vian Dollar Bonds, 4i per 3. 4s. e ntese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — e r , TWO O'CLOCK. -480 18 alone y "0 Aecount..... . Liverpool Cotton Nrarket—This Day, Market dull and irregular in prices, Sales Probably 5,000 or 6,000 laAlm MONEY ]CARKET AND COZILIEBOIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK: BEARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Railways. Cloning I Business 1 Price. done. 411 r.. Wol., and Str. Val. • Mytlw and Tyne. ristol aild Exeter alcdonisii ...... Jort and Lando:, 3ornw.di 00 A frets 'lO div Do. B ep c.p an. ha been paid to is. :)übla Lta Beilant Jane.' Dun„Perth,& A b. Juno.! Edinburgh it Glasgow tae. and S. NVestsrn:l real Eastern, Ord. eth Ditto A stoc,.. Ditto IF:asiinglian et 3ireatNorthoi Scotland I '3reat Northern Do A stock Do 13 do t. S. an.l W. of Irelan:' great 'Western Do Str val hi.a. stoa • Lancashite & Yorkshire London and Blackwad, Lon., Bright„& S. Coat Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western I Lon. & Scy.th Western Shef., & Linooin, Itaryport and Carlis;e. Do shares v,etropoli tan Ntidland Do New Do Binning. & Derby mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Hid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiei. Do, G.N.L. purchast Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle.... North London Do New North Staffordshire and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stoc Do Scot Mid, stock Shrews. and Welohpoo , Shropshire, Union South DeTon South Eastern South Wales 1 S. York. and River Dar, +taines, Wok.,and Wok Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, /86G raft vale Do 13 Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pisa Waterford tt Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool LE ar. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport! Do Uerel ord • J3RITISTI Fossr, hallways Atlantic Sr R I,svgrence 3om.,Barocia&,.Ccut 5 per cent... Do. teeW Do. E. 5hare5......... Banslo and La at... Unroll Do. rreerance titiflglo,Brant,,tG'odrich tS p. et. bdn. Aug. 1,187 k 1)o. do. auty 1, 187. Do. do. June 1, 1671 !Clcutta.NS.ll:s.stn. (Lim Cape Town & Dock Seri, EaCtn. Bengtl u. sp. , I,:aet tfldiau. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. If do. Grand trunk of Canade Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. EtoPic Do. do. deferred.,.... Do. 4th Pref. stork... Do. do. deferred__ t. In dis.Penfu.g us.sp.e Do. New gua. - 5 p. C... Do. January, 188 Z Gt. Soutb.of India(Lim g uaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharft, Do. New .• Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. o. Do.l p. c. Extension, De. d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. lueib.Corp. 6 p. o. 31e1b. Fi Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &lortg. 80. ewß:tmswiolc. Ganda Class Q and B. Rl.C'da3 pc Ist pi hds i Do. Delhi Do. do Do. Puujauh •• •• Do. Do. Do. Indus.St Flo.) 86 , ;8 126 127 0 7 35 36 16 17 8) 91 no 112 47 48 . - 7 7i 132 13 14 141 131 133 CO 12 C9l 7J 117 1171 e 6 Gg 10: t(3 41 43 116: 1174' 65 G6l, 1;21 113 j 1:361 1371, 108 110 541 65} 25i %64 1051 IC6, C 4 66 93 94 126 129 Vt. 76 76 104 a 125 130 39 41 57 59 95 t 7 £Q 91 101 103 3; ' 3 3 Bi 104 11 8 fl 165 170 6 7 3 4 1 101 IC4 34 36 37 9J 89/ SSION,F. Oioising Prlue._ oa 60 101 102 I die p , si 7i 8) 75 83 75 80 75 80 97 93 91 06 102 104 101 102 191 ,) 19 i 6 19 23 71 73 60 63 66 68 55 57 48 5: 43 f 5 27 29 26 28 1014 1024 par 4p 99 101 oi ti t it 89 01 82 81 }d it, 99i 100 93 05 93 02 CO 62 82 8 4 1004 1014 99A 1001, 9d plx Ji 100 i 91 co all 100 (100 100 1 2 all , SOLONIAL GO VERNMENT SECU itiTt ti. - p.c.J a.) - I ni7-54 ~.." lOO 96 99 983 - Do. np. c. 'Feb. & Aug. 10C 06 9u - D 0.3 p. c. Mar. Sept. 100 98 102 - Do. op. c. 10, 84 86 - Do. 5 Juseribed stock 100 84 86 - Cape G.Hope, 8 p 0,1873 10u 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 107 109 Do. 189:,.. 100 u 8 !10 - - ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 406 103 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p r It l o 110 110 - !Mauritius d per cent .. 100 103 1 0 5 - Nata.l Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 1'.4 107 1N.8.G0v.6 p.e.Ja.&Jub, 100 97 100 - I 1)0. 6p. o.Ap. ez Oct. 100 - - I N, S.W. G ov. 5 p 100 96 48 Du. Sp. c.,18 - ti to L t 100 96 OS - Do. d0.,1883 d6upwd€: 100 96 98 973 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 - - NovaScotlaGov. 6p. c - sterling, 1875 lOO 99 102 - (lueensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 101 104 - !S. Aus Gr8p.0.1878.66up lOO 103 107 `- J . 1c.1,10v. Op.c.Ja.&duly 100 - - , Do. to 4p.c. An. , lzOot.. 100 1083 1093 109 / BRITISH MINES. 2 I , Jambrian Cunsol. Gold 1 I id - IGlttrord Amalgamated I 12 - I Deven G. Cone.,"favist, 1 580 600 ' East Bassett (Illogan) , 30 t 8 7u -• toast Clogau Gold Ltd. - - East Caradon ..... 2.14.0 273 283 - lEast Carn Brea... . 3.1. ,, 8 84 - Russel (Tavistk.: 8.13.0 5 53 - , Gam.,t.St.Auhyn(Gwen 581 5 7 - ICI reat South Tolgus l7t, 2 '46 - 111 . Wheel Vor(liele.ton 40 27 29 0.16.1 7 7 4 !ilcmd's Foot 8.12 48 40 - 11 ingston Downs 4.18.0 3.1 43 - ILady bertha - - {Margaret (IJny Lelarsl 8 10 - Mars e Valley. 4 111yndy Iron Ore (Lim . 2A 11 1 - New .3etun lO 75 85 -• North Downs 3 13 13 " 13aesetallo..fan 3.1.0 23 3 - i- corth Whcal Crotty .. 2.6.9 3 31 - Par Console (:st. Blazey - - :rrovldence(Uny Leint. 10.0.7 40 12 - itiouthCaradon(St.Cleer,l 11 480 500 - , o. Corn Brea (Illogan)..I - - - IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan ;18.18.9 423 474 - Stray Park '30.17.6 28 30 - raniarSllv.& Lead Min I - - fin - Cron 9 )8 19 - ;West Basset (Mogan): l3 9 10 W G radon (Lisheard. 9 12 14 - I West Seton - Whevl Basset (Illogan 53 92 95 - Wheat Bulleratedruth; 10 10 25 - w heal Kitty (15.Lelant; 2,0.6 - - WhcalLedcott - Wheal MaryAnu pen ; 8 I 14 16 - 'Wheal Teton .. 583 210 215 - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)j 7 19 21 - R'hpal Union 4 14 2 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great ` 7 orthern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pm., 1061 North Eastern, York, H. and Selby purchase, 10i LINES LEASED AV FIXED RENTALS. London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., Ditto, Com. Fund stock. 5 percent., .39 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Sambre and Meuse, 7i San I s hlllo Etua. 7 per cent., 91 10 Ditto, (all), 18 BANKS. Alliance (lim.). 61 3 Ditto, new, 58i Bank of Egypt, 24 Bank of London. 165 Chartered Aler. of India, London, and China, 6; Consolidated Bank, Inn., Ilk English, Sco'ch, and Australian Chartered, 21 European Bank, lirn., 14 MM. nal Bank of Jhina, India, and Japan, lim., 61 Imperial Ottoman, 17i London B:nk of iexi o and S. America, 11m., 61 London Bank of Scotland, lim., 18 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, Ditto (A Si it - London and County, 74i 3 London Joint Stock, 4 .1 53 London and South-Western, 23i Mercantile and Exchange. lim., 18i Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lira., 25i Oriental Bank Corporativn. 5. Seinde. Punjaub, and Delhi, lira., 12/ South E+stern, lirn., 9 Union of London, 54 3 DOCKS. London and St. Katharine, 71 3IISCELLANEOUS. City Offices, Um., 41 C'oAmercial Union, Insurance. 81 Consolidated Discount, Urn., 7i Credit Foircier of Mauritius , lim „ 'Bl Credit Mubiti , r, 12} Crystal Palace. 6 per cent. perpetl. deb. 112 East Indian Financi i), inn., 5 East India Irrigation and Canal, 41 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lim., Financial Corporation, 1 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lira., 7 61 Hudson's Bay, 164 International Financial i=,'ociety, lim., 9j Joint Stock Discount, Bin., 7 Land Securities, 1 , m., sf, Londork Financial Association, lim., National Discount Company, lira., :4 t Oriental Commercial. lim., Peninsula arid Oriental Steam, BCi Smith, Knight, and Co., lim., 4i Societe FinaLiciere d'E,gypte, lim., 5 The Russian journals speak of a violent fire which took place in the evening of the 13th nit. at Oren. bourg, near the Ural mountains. In a few hours the Stare Slavadka, or old town, was completely destroy e d. Th e fi re commenced at about six in the evening, and by ten it had extended over an extent of four square kilometres. Th , flames burnt down more than SOO houses, and more than 1,000 families are entirely ruined. stop stool( stook THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1864. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. London and North-Western Railway, MEETING THIS DAY. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, OXFORD RACES-THURSDAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CRUELLY FLOGGING A HORSE.—Richard Roberts, a drayumn in the employ of Messrs. Huggins, brewers, of Broad•street, Golden-tquare, was charged before Mr Knox with unmercifully and cruelly flogging a horse. Mr Praetor, hairdresser, 65, Haymarket, saw the prisoner driving two horses attached to a heavily laden dray in the Haymarket. The prisoner set to flogging the leading horse with great and uncalled for severity, and Mr Praetor, con sidering the prisoner's conduct very brutal, went to the office of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Pall Mall, and saw Mr Colam, the secretary, who sent two of the officers to the Haymarket, when they found the horse covered with weak, in a very distressed state sweating to such an extent that water wasdr;pping on the stones. The prisoner was taken into custody. Haseiner, one of the society's officers, said the horse was not in a fit condition to do any kind of work, it being ill. On ceiling the prisoner's attention to the horse, ho sa d he was obliged to take it out. The prisoner called two witnesses ; who said the horse was not severely fl igge:J, and the prisoner said that if the horse was examined no weals would be found on it. Mr Knox said, as fur there being no weals left on the horse, he well knew what a sponge and warm water could do in the way of getting rid of them. He believed the evi• dence of Mr Praetor and the officers, and should fine the prisoner 20s or H days. UNPROVOKED ASSAULT DV A CAPTAIN'S SERVANT.— Joseph Stannard, a tall powerfully•built young man, a private in the Scots Fusiliers, acting as servant to a captain residing at 54, Curzon-street, was charged before Mr Knox with assaulting Joseph Burrell, 124 C. Burrell said that about 2 o'clock that morning he was tryipg the doors in Curzon-street, and when he came to No. 51 he found a key in the lock. He was about to ring the bell, when the prisoner walked up to him, and, making use of an oath, knocked him down, bruising his face and hurting his hand very much. A gentleman came up to the house at the time, whom the prisoner said was Captain Stacey, his master, and he informed the gentleman why he was taking his servant into custody. Mr Knox said ho had no reason to doubt the constable was harmlessly doing his duty when the prisoner knocked him down. The prisoner said the constable must have seen him standing near the door at the time the key was in it. The c mstable said the prisoner was half way down the street talking to a female. , The prisoner said he was in the Scots Fusilier Guards, and wanted to get back to his regiment. Mr Knox fined h m 40s, or 14 days in default. THAMES. DRITNY AND MAD.—Cornelius Leary, an elderly Irish man, was brought before Mr Paget charged with being drunk and disorderly. Joseph Halliday, police conttabie No. 329 K, said that yesterday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock, the prisoner, was swearing, hallooing, and raving in the Mile-end-road, "war the turnpike gate. The prisoner said he had been in the army,and had killed a great many men in his time, and intended to kill a few more. The prisoner challenged a Meat many persons to fight, and they only laughed at him. The prisoner then challenged all the cabmen on the cab rank and the attendant waterman to fight, and behaved so j:itrageously that he was obliged to take him into custody. Wiltrb '1 Frederick Girling, a hackney carriage attendant, said the rai,a z attempted to pull the wheels off the cabs on the rank, and maw; a dash with his body against the which ,; . ; . thstocd the shock. The pri ttooinilee-retnhd lh en to i l ate o r u te se re ' d with the ;,, , rses on the nab rank, pulled his coat and hat off, and challen t ;ed him to fight. The prisoner at last went into the middle of the road and shouted, and was taken into custody. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, said the prisoner was a pensioner, and had been a hackney carriage attendant, but he was dismissed for drunkenness, and was e very in temperate man. Tne prisoner was in the Mile-End-road for several hours yesterday and made a great disturbance. Mr Paget fined the prisoner 10s, and in default 7 days imprisonment. WESTMINSTER. VIOLENT ATTACH WITH A POSER,—'Michael Murray was placed at the bar charged with feloniously assaulling and wounding John Jenkins. Prosecutor, whose head was covered with linen cloth, said that he lived at 7, Dacre• street, Westminster. At half past 8 last night he returned home, and had just entered the street door, when he was felled to the ground by a blow on the head by the prisoner. He then became in sensibl, and was conveyed to the hospital. Air Arnold asked what prosecutor knew of the pri• soner. Prosecutor said that they both lived in the same house, he prisoner occupying an upstairs room, aad the, prosecu tor one below, Mr Arnold—What did ho say to ycu before he struck you? Prosecutor—Nothing; I had had no words with him. Mr Arnold put several questions, with a view of ascer taining what diffirence had existed between them, when appeared that they had long been on bad terms, although no recent quarrel seemed to have taken place. James Joyce, 261 B, said that he found the prosecutor bleeding profusely from a wound on the head, and took bin: to the hospital. He also- apprehended the prisoner, wh, had been drinking, and took nim to the station. The poker was produced, 4nd was certainly a mos, orroidable itstrument, Prisoner told a long, rambling story, and put some ques tions to the prosecutor, the answers to which did not sere him. Prisoner was remanded, THE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ATTEMPTING TO DROWN AN OLD MAN.—Edward Harper, 29, o York-street, Hackney, cabinetmaker, William Mansfield, 28, of Spencer-street, Shorecitch, and John Le.inaro, 31, of York-street, Hackney, carvers, were on Wednesdite charged at Worship-street Police-court with assault ing and nearly drowning Mr Meredith, chemist, residing in Leonard street, Shoreditch. Henry Harling and Jame: Ellis, two bricklayers, stated that while bathing in Si: George Duckett's Canal, at Hackney Wick, between 6 aed 7 on the preceding evening, they happened to look mune, and saw Harper and Leonard, one in the water ace the other close to it, on the towing• path. They were holding a handkerchief which wes extended be ween them. An elderly man, the complainant, was standing on the bank, dressed, aid locking on at the time. The prisoners suddenly dropped the handkerchief, and the prisoner who was on the bank pushed Mr Mere dith into the canal, there 7ft or Bft deep; Harper jumped in upon him, and, placing his two hands upon his shoulders, ht and the other prisoner forced hint down into the water and held him there for some time. His head was six or seven inches below the surface. The witnesses called ous that it was shameful to treat an old man in that way, and swam towards them, on which the two prisoners challenged them to fight them, and got out of the canal laughing, leaving the complainant in ir, Re was in the water altogether about ten minutes. Ellis tried to lift him out, but coulu not, on which Hailing got on to the towing path, and lean ing over, grasped hint, first by the hair and then by the collar, and so pulled hint out, insensible. He was carried to a neighbouring public-house, where Mansfield wrung out his wet clothes, and the others offered him drink "to square it." Three railway labourers who were present were so in dignant at the men's conduct that they gave them a good thrashing. They cut the lip through et one and blackened the eyo of the other, and drove them out of the house. Harmer, 163 N, said while on duty there with another con stable in plain clothes, no saw the prisoners run past him, followed by a mob of about 60 persons, who were pelting them with brickbats and stones, and shouting to the witness to stop them. He and the other constable pursued, cap tured, and handcuffed Harper and Leonard. Mansfietu followed them. He took them back to the public-house, where they found the complainant insensible, iu which state he remained for half an hour, and they were obliged to fetch medical assistance to him. All the prisoners appearea to him to b, sober, but one of them became ill in the cells in consequence of the rough usage he had received from the mob. The complainant's account of the• affair was vet yin • complete. He had met Harper and Leonard, whom he hen Known before and professionally assisted, at a public-house, where they remained some time; they told him they wanted to bathe, and asked him to take care of their clothes. This he was 'doing when one of them, but he did not know which, came behind him, pushed him into the canal, and held him down under the water till he became insensible, and he mil have been drowned but for the first witness's assistance. He did not wish to press the charge with severity, us he knew the prisoners, but he had also lost from 12s to 14s, which he could ill effort!, as although a year since he was in very good circumstances, he had lately become much impoverished. Mr Graves, for the defence, was instructed that the whole was the result cf pure accident, caused by the handkerchief slipping out of the pri soners' hands, and urged the improbability if their inten tionally injuring a man whom they knew, and agaiustwhom they could have uo malice or laf.cl feeling of any kind. Toe trea•raent they had also received from the mob was so very severe that he hoped it would be leken into considera tion. Mr Ellison (the magi,trate) could not see that it was uu accident, but he did not think, from the evidence, so much mischief was intended as had resulted from it. It appeared to him to be one of those stupid practical jokes some people were prone to, and rhich should not be allowed to escape some punishment. Mansfield seemed to have had but little to du with it, and he might be discharged, but he should sentence the other priscners to a penalty of 20s, or in default to a fortnight's imprisonment in the Idolise of Correction. REPRESENTATION OF WESTMINSTER.—A move ment is said to be ou foot in Westminster for the purpose of securing the return of Sir John RAnilly, the waster ot the Rolls, as member for the City ot Westminster at the nest general election. Some time ago Sir De Lacy Evans stated that he did not intend stanaing for the city again, but since that ha has intimated his intention of coming for ward. The Master ot the Rolls is the only judge who is at liberty to hold a cleat in the House of Commons. prices. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this afternoon at the station, Ruston • square, Mr R. Moon, the chairman of the Board of Direc tors, presiding. The CHAIRMA.N, without any preliminary remarks, moved the adoption of the report, the principal portions of which have been published, Mr WESTHEAD seconded the motion, Mr R. H. PALMER called attention to the extensions which were being made by the Midland Company, ani which he thought would lead to serious competition. He wished to ask whether any arrangements had teen made with the Midland Company for the transmission of Northern traffic over the North-Western Railway, and whether the scandalous arrangements now in force at Lei cester ansi Rogby could be obviated. Mr MonoAN c.mgratulated :he company on the policy adopted by the board. When they adopted a policy of competition they caused a vast amount of unprofitable traffic. They were now working with tile Great Northern, the Great Western, and the Midland. He understood the board ware about to guarantee 4 per cent. in perpetuity to he Bedford and Cambridge Company. He should like to know on what amount of capital the guarantee was to be given. Mr TAYLOR thought the Midland Company's high dividend would not long prevail, and hoped the North Western Company would not be driven into competition. The CHAIRSEA.N said the directors were on friendly terms, with the Midland Company and negotiations were in progress with them. He could not promise that there would be any reduction of the company's expenses, for, while the Government pursued its present plan of allowing everybody will pleased to rob them of their traffic, they must auk traffic elsewhere, and provide additional accom modation. With regard to the Bedford and Cambridge guarantee, he might say that arrangement between the companies was of long standing. The capital was about £2-10.000, of which the North Western Company held about £70,000. That company had received from 4to 41 per cant., and it was thought advisable to convert it into a perpetual 4 per cent. guarantee. The report was then adopted unanimously. A dividend was then declared for the past half-year at forward a balance of I.l th l e 7,o r B a i te ld o s t 1 5 4. per cent, carrying It was stated that Mr Tryer, of Liverpool, one of the auditors, had undertaken to build a church and schools at Stafford mainly tor the benefit of the company's workpeople. Some formal business having been transacted, the meeting was brought to a cllse by a v oto 9f thanks to the chairman and directors, the whole p rocee di ngs h av i ng occupied less than half an hour. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat, both old and new, were but moderate. The trade, however, was in a sluggibh state, at the recent fall in prices. New red wheat was quoted at 413 to 445, whits 43s to 475, and Talavera 4cs to 522 per quarter. There most d w e a s s cr ti ip f t a io ir ns su a iippltnitel business w as transacte d aty of foreign wh eat on the stan d s. in the rates current on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in slow request at about previous rates. Barley—the supply of which on sale was but moderate — met a slow inquiry on former terms. quotations. s ats. Most qualities 2 32 1 h e e malt mark t e r t a w de as w w as eli quietsup supplied Monday's o w n i d th 0 ' were in fair average request at late rates. Beans and peas ruled firm at late currencies. In flour, a limited business was transacted, at about stationary prices. ARRIVALS THIS WURX. Wheat. Barley. Malt, Oats. Flour. English 660 7 6 0 69 459 Irish Foreign 3,750 2,960 1,100 - -- 39 ,570 3,840 brls, NEIVGATE AND LEADENUALL. The supply of meat on sale at these markets is but moderate, The trade for most descriptions is steady, at full Per 81b. by the carcase. ti e d Lnferior beef .. 3 0 3 4 diddling do. .. 3 6 3 8 Frime large do. 3 10 4 0 tlo. small do. .. 4 2 4 4 Large pork .... 3 4 4 0 Inferior Mutton. 3 10 4 2 edsd Middling mutton 4 4 4 8 Pritne do .. 4 8 4 l 0 Veal Small pork 4 2 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The market seems to be scantily supplied with all kinds of hops. The accounts from the plantations are less favour- Able, and the trade for last year's produce rules firm, at quite previous rates. )id hops, however, are a dull in it;iry, and prices rule next to nominal. COLONIAL. TEA.—The public sales of Chine have proceeded withou any moderate change as regards prices. SoGAß.—Business has been active, and further advance has taken place in the value of Weft India. In the refined oituLet full rates are also current, common lumps being quoted 4.0,!. to 495. per cent. COFFEE.—A. moderate amount of business has been done in Plantation Ceylon at steady quotations; other qualities were neglected. Rice,--Only a limited basilica' has been transacted, and there is no change to repczt in prices. TALLOW,—The market has continued very dull, P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 41s. 64 and last three months delivery I3s. 6d. per cent. The detective officer who eliled from Liverpool in the steamship City of Manchester, in pursuit of Fraiz Aulier, the alleged murderer of Mr Briggs, has arrived at New York. The ship Victoria, by which ISluller was a passenger, had not arrived out up to the latest advices, so that the approhensioa of the Accused way bs regarded as A certainty. - Loss oF THREE FISIIEBMEN ki -- - GREAT YAR MOUTIL—EirIy on Monday, a small crab-boat t o .o n r ly t , he le N ft orCtrhomsee::,eit:trhinsgevveonyi:g.len.ds ilfor:2 Y a rmouth, for the purpose of j o i n i ng a fishing-boat s hout arrival of t h e sma l l cra f t a t th e mout h carrying ‘uveeiniitgw iietl t a l eua l u n got until the a t il of the harbour. There was a stiff breeze from the north e ast at the time, and in ro un di n g the north buoy an attempt was made to lower t h e sa il, which, however, , jibbed, and the boat instantly heeled over and capsized, submerging the crews Four of the men at once rose to the surface, and were enabled to sustain themselves until they we re rescued by another boat; but three poor fellows— Allen,loget a married man, betw een 30 an d 40 years of age ; B , about 40, also married ; and Grant, a young man about 20—were not again Been. They all belonged to Cromer. THE ECCLES FIND UP SILVER PENNIES. —In the it was stated t hat of 1,000 examined coins 034 were of Henry 111 , , 19 o f John, a nd 1 7 of a rude and then unknown • no tice of this find, in our Publication of Tuesday last, 'YPe• it has since been ascertained that these last are silver pennies of William I. of Scotland, known in history as William the Lion. Obverse a crowned head in profile to the left (in one, or two instances to the right), with bold Roman nose, moustache, and beard. Legend: LE REI WILAM: E (sometim es ) win altz. (or) WILELMYS. Reverse a sh,,rt double cross; in each angle a star-like ornament, varying in different pieces, in form and size, from mullets to stars of five, six, or seven rays, of spur-rowels. Legend usually nvz WALTER, followed few illegible in some cases by a and even to the likeness characters denoting the taint town, of which the only 0 00 is ON EDNEBVR (Edinburgh). Yesterday (Thursday) morning the Fellow of the Suciety of Antiquities who commu nicated the circumstances of the find to the Crown authorities received a latter from the solicitor to the Treasury, of which the following is a COPY c—" Treasury, 17th August, 1864, ugu s - -Your letter ot the 12th A s u b ject has been reierred to ma by the Lords of h er Ma j est y 's 'treasury. I apprehend that, under the circums tances state d the coins found are 'Treasury t iiisLa a Trove, on the Eccles. above Si r, and as such the property of her Majesty , b y virtue of the Royal prero gative.toe Ir request ain th at you will Parliamentu under which the Majestythiorised by the Lords s unquesttoTnhaebrley is n T o re A tis c u r, re of Trove," a entitled under the o C fr Commonoh:ra s i at Law 8 , os d f T e E r r i ne v ga e si d au , nr dy 1 1 . trans mit to me the treasure by some safe ccavveyance. i lta y jesty's Treasury." obedient ser vant Your application on b ehalf of the finder will be considered when my Lo r d s shall h ave determined as to tvhaentel,iisip.oista.lof REYNOLDS, Solicitor, n ' her Sir, It only remains to add that a thorough washing and cleans ing of the coins from the clay adhering to them has reduced the weight by more than one pound avoirdupois, so that the number (estimated by weight only) will not be so large as at first supposed.-- Illanchester Guardian. HORRIBLE SCENE AT A GAUL,--The Montreal Herald describes a horrible scene which was recently witnessed in Canada. The courthouse and prison of St. Schoiastique caught fire, the flames spreading with great rapidity. The prison contained six prisoners —three men and three women, The men were with difficulty rescued. The women could not be reached. One of them appeared natotiaswl sauvez noneinsaduovwandl piteously lo ev relieve rad, "Mo n Di eu sauvez her Was now beyond power the of man. Men, women , and children who were spectators of this scene fell on their knees, praying the Almighty to pity her. On the topmost step of a fragile ladder were the feet of the Rev. Mr. Barnabe, with hands clasping the iron bars, imploring the poor creature to pre pare to meet her God. Here, at the risk of his life, he gave the dying creature the last consolation of his Church. Ere it was completed the black smoke became red, and in it the poor girl tell back to be neither heard nor seen again. Het mother and sister were victims with her, but neither of them was seen or heard from outside; suffocation, no doubt, came early over them, These three women had been confined for destroying a newly-born infant. Although one or two of the bookmakers protested in loud terms against the running of Pupil in the first race, they subsequently plied their avocation with their usual industry; the denounce/nen t of the County Members' Plate having been " a ramp and a robbery" by one influential bookmaker, and the favourite's defeat in the next race established confidence in the ring, and the Ebor Handicap betting underwent fur ther extraordinary changes. Fine weather continuing, the attendance was unusually numerous, that industrious craft, the card sharpers, lining the way to Port Meadows in the hopes of finding fists at the seat of learning. Before the races commenced East Lancashire was made favourite for the Ebor Handicap. At first Sto 1, then 7to 1, and finally 5 to 1 was taken about him for that event, whiffet Welcome went cut of favour to 10 to 1; Raglan, at offers of 4 to 1, finding but few supporter% Hie:flyer's dam colt had backers at 100 to 15, though 1•.3 at ea::: looked some what fishy. The racing, which will be tour,cl detailed below, was only productive of passing incidents. The prin cipal event of the day, the Oxfordshire Stakes, was won easily by the Whitewall filly Finesse, sister to Ace of Clubs. Subjoined are full details of the running:— The County Members' Plate of 30 soya, added to a Handi cap Sweepstal es of 3 soya each; winners extra. Three quarters of a mile. Capt. Christie's The Warrior, 3 yrs, 7st.. (J. Grimshaw) 1 Mr J. Wood's Pupil, b yrs, 7st 41b * (Warrington) 2 Mr J. Coney's Bonnie Glen, 3 yrs, Esc 101 b.. (H. Covey) 3 Mr T, Robinson's Lady di Vergy, 3 yrs, 6st 2.b.. (Page) 4 Mr T. Golby's Resurgam, 2 yrs, bat 71b .... (H. Claik) 5 Betting-3 to 2on The Warrior, 11 to 2 agst Bonnie Glen, 10 to 1 bar two, 25 to 1 offered eget Pupil. Resurgam jumped away in front, followed by Bonnie Glen, Pupil, and The Warrior for a quarter of a mile, when R..!surgana gave way, and The Warrior waited upon Bonnie Glen and Pupil to the distance, where he without difficulty took up the running and won by a length and a half—a neck separated second and third—Lady di Vergy close up. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 50 soya, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 soya each, for 2.yr-olds; colts, Sat 10Ib ; fillies, Sat 71b; certain penalties and allowances. Straight Mr J. Smith's Sympathy, Bst 21b Captain Christie's Anti-Macassar, 9.4 31t (Mein 7,b ex) (F. Adams) 2 Mr Saxon's Brown Doe, Sit 4113 (EI. Sharp) 3 Sir C. Rushout's Canute, Bst 71b (Pearson) 4 Mr Dark's White!y f, Bst 71b Eottins— i to 1 on Anti- Maccleactr, 3 to 1 otsot Symptttby, 10 to 1 agst any other. Anti-Macassar jumped away in front, but was almost immediately passed by Sympathy, who carried on the run ning at her best pace until opposite the stand, where Anti- Macasaar got in front. In the last half-dozen strides, how ever, Sympathy came again, and Anti-Macassar faltering momentarily under the weight, was beaten in the last stride by a short head—a bid third. The Purt Meadow Plate of 100 sovs, a handicap for all ages; winners extra. Five furlongs straight. Lord Chesterfield's Black Lily, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (T. French) 1 Mr Cherry's Birdfinder. 4 yrs , Bst 6lb (Custance) 2 Lord Bateman's Gipsy G i rl, 4 yrs, 7st 803 (J. Grinashaw) 3 The following also ran :—Bolero, Land of the West, Countersign, Guardsman, Zara, Arcus, Starbeam, „Etna, Lady Fanny Cavendish, and Worthless. Bet'ing--5 to 2 aget Birdfinder, 4 to 1 agst .Etna, 6 to 1 aget Black Lily, 8 to 1 agst Zara, 10 to 1 each agst Gipsy Girl and Bolero, 100 to 8 agst Starbeam. Immediately the flag fell, Gipsy Girl got away with a clear lead, her nearest attendants being Zara, 2Ecna, Bird finder, Starbeam, and Worthless. Black Lily, " shut out" at the start, gradually got to the front, and at the die ance joined Gipsy Girl, whom she headed opposite the stand, and after a splendid race, won by a head; four lengths separated the isecond and third. Worthless was fourth, Etna fifth, and Zara sixth. Lady Fanny Caven dish and Arens were the last two. The Selling Plate of 50 SOTS, for all ages; selling allow- ances. Half a mile. Mr J. Coney's Bonnie Glen, 3 yrs (£3O), 7st 211) (Loates) 1 Mr Saxon's Romola, 2 yrs (£m ) , tint 71b (J. Grimshaw) 2 Mr George Angell's Medioia, 2 yrs (£3O), :Ost 71h (Barker) 3 The following also ran:—May, Trotty, Fanny Seaton, Regenerator. Batting-2 to 1 agst Bonnie Glen, sto 2 agst Medicis, to 1 agst May, 7 to 1 agst Romola. The latter made play to the stand, where Bonnie Glen, who had been lying second, closed up, and won in the last dozen strides by d neck; three lengths between second and third. Regenerator was fourth, Fanny Seaton fifth, Trotty sixth, and May last. The winner was bought by Mr H. Goater for 140 guineas. The Oxfordshiro Stakes (Handicap) of 100 soya, added to a Sweepstakes of 15 sov6 each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., winners extra. Two miles. Lord Annesley's Finesso, 3 yrs; 631; (J. Grimsbaw) 1 Mr John Day'a Teneriffo, 3 yrs, ist 31b (Deacon) 2 Mr J. B. Morris's Balham, 6 yrs, Bst 21b.... (Fordham) 3 Tippler and Jeannette also ran. Betting-7 to 4 agst Finesse, 2to 1 agst Teneriffo, sto 1 each agst Balbam and Jeannette, 20 to 1 offered agst Tippler. The latter made play with a clear lead of Teneriffa (for whom he was started to make running) for nearly a mile, when John Day's light weight went to the front, and Finesse, who had been lying off fourth, passed Balham and took third place. Halt a mile from home the Tippler's mission was ended, whereupon Balham and Finesse joined Teneriffe. Approaching the distance Balham, however, was beaten, and the other two raced in close company until opposite the stand, where Finesse rushed to the front and won easily by two lengths; Balham a bad third, the other two trotted in, Tippler being last. The Freemen's Plate, of 30 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, for all ages ; winners extra. One mile. Mr W. Holman's Manchester, 4 yrs, Est (J. Holman) 1 Mr B. Brayley's Pelios, 3 yrs, 7st .. (Cannon) 2 Mr Rochester's Alea, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Barker) 3 Mr Reldiff's Bianca filly, 3 yrs, Est 51b •.... (Holland) 4 Betting-3 1 on Manchester, 7 to 2 agst Felice. Manchester made play throughout, and won in a canter by four lengths, half that distance separating the second and third ; the Bianca filly beaten off. LATEST BETTING. GREAT EBOR HANDICAP. 9to 2 agst Raglmn (taken) sto 1 agst Lass Lancashire (taken) 100 to 15 agst Highflyer's dam colt (taken) 10 to 1 agst Welcome (offered) B EI'TING AT MANCHESTER.—YESTEDDAY. There 108 a good attendance at the rooms to-day, but business was 0 . . f a limited character. There was DO feature worth special no:.icet with the exception of the revival of East Lancashire for Ebor Handicap. Closing prices:— Eg o n HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Raglan ( t ,„:lten) sto 1 agst Highflyer dab: colt (taken) t to 1 agst East Lancashire ctaken and wanted) 100 to 15 ngst Welcome (taken). Bto 1 agat Caller Ou (offered) DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 2to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 10 to 1 agat Baragh (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Claremont (offered—take 14 to 1) 20 to 1 agat Ely (offered) SCBATCHINGS,-July26, Contract, out of Findon Stakes Goodwood. Aug. 11, at 155 p.m. Raglan, out of Berkshire Stakes, Reading—at 5 p.m. Gibraltar, out of Egham and Dover engagements--Gipsy Girl, out of all engagements at Egham—and Gardener, out of ad engagements at Exeter. Aug. 13, at 9 a.m. Lord Waldegrave, out of Baron Stakes, Egham, and Oxford Nursery—at 10 a.m. Retainer, out of Egham engagements—at 12 40 p.m. Victorious, o ut o f Oxford en gagements—at 410 p.m. Reindeer and Simple Maid, out of Egham engagements—at 510 p.m. Lytham t od Waterloo, out of all handicap s for wh ich weights have appeared. Aug. 15, at 9 a.m. Sluggard, out of all engagements in 1854--all Lord Portsmouth's horses ou t of York engagements , 1864 Lady Cli t d en and Colonel Crockett, out of Oxford engagements— Tarragona, out of Egham and Oxford engagements—D u k e o f Cambridge, out of all engagements—Ratcatche r and Ratcatcher's Daughter, out of all engagements, 1861— Regina, out of Betting Stand and Town Plate at Eghana— all Mr Cartwright's horses, out of Oxford handicaps— Vigilant an 4 Aristocrat, out of Straton Audley Nursery— Under the Cloud, out of Oxford engagements---at 410 p. m . all Mr Rob'nsm's horses, out of Eghatn engagements. August 16, at 9 a.m. Littlecote, out of Oxford engagements Cedric, out of Oxford Nursury—Light, out of Egham and Oxford engagements—Wild Boy, out of all engageme nts, 1854 —Indigestion and Nightwatch, out of York engag e . ments—all Mr H. blelville's horses, out of Stockton e n . kagements—at 10 45 a.m. Hymetus, out of Ebor Handicap at 4 p.m. all Mr Samuel's horses, except Tilt, ant of Ox ford engagements. The following interesting letter from the pen of Mr Frank Buckland appears in the Times :—" ThQse who are unfor tunately obliged to stay in London at this time of year may possibly like to know that many additions have recently been made to the Zoological Gardens, Regent's-park, Mr Thompson, the head keeper, not long siace took out with him to India a consignment of fallow dear, American rheas, pheasants, peafowl, Californian quails, various kinds of ducks, &0., and landed them at Calcutta without a single death. He has lately returned from Calcutta, bringing hack with equal succes s a large number of rare and valu able animas, which aro presented to the Zoological Society by the Babe° Rejeecla MuHick; Mr A. Grote, and Mr W. Dunn. A Het of these Mr Bartlett, the resident superin tendent, has given me; they are three line specimens of young rhineecres, one rhinoceros hornlal, two concave cacqued hornbills, green-necked peafowl !rota Burmab, sundry very hencsome Indian pheasants, resides other smaller biros, and two very large tortoises. One rhinoceros has been sent to the Dublin Zoological Society, the other two are iu perfect health and condition, though the original rhinoceros is somewhat jealous of the attentions the illus trious strangers receive from visitors. The height of the male rhinoceros is 4 feet 3 it ches, of the female 4 feet ; the the length of the male 9 feet 8 inches, of the female 9 feat 41 inches; the girth of each being about 8 feet, One of the tortoises is a gigantic specimen, its weight being about 150Ib, and its girth 6,e It seems very active and lively this warm weather, The large hornbills, which are placed close to the pelicans, are magnificent birds, and well worthy observation. Besides these Indian creatures the visitors should examine the little chamois, which has lately been born in the gar dens; it is about the size and shape of a small kid, and, elthouele so young, is iv arly as active as its mother. In tJe curious house which the beaver has constructed for it cell Mr Bartlett informs me that the mother has laid up a nest of young, one of which came out for the first time into the pond on Saturday last; another having died in the nest some days ago, the parents brought it cut and laid it on the bank. I had hoped to have been able to report that the new pond contained a very large sturgeon, for on Tuesday last Mr. H. J. B. Hancock and Mr. Bartlett, learning that a fine specimen of this fish was tethered in the river Severn at Tewkesbury, went down to fetch it; with much diffi culty and labour they succeeded in bringing it alive as far as Paddington, where it unfortunately died, end was, I re gret to say, transferred to Mr. Groves's shop at Charing cross, and not to the comfortable pond, where we had hoped it would have lived many months. The weight of this splendid fish was 2.251 b., and it measured no lees than 8 feet 9 inches in length. I found that it contained an enormous mass of roe (such as is manufactured into caviare by the Russians), which weighed 421 b., and which, as a calcula tion showed, contained no less than 1,881,600 eggs, The visitors should not forget to examine the young salmon and trout which were hatched last year in the gardens, the salmon averaging 6 inches, and the great lake trout no less than 8 inches in length. They are perfect beauties, and it is quite a treat to look at them." AN ENGLISH LADY DROWNED Iy LOCHAWE.— On Saturday the inhabitants of this sequestered district bordering on the lower end of Lochawa were startled with rumours of a young lady having been drowned while bathing in the loch. On inquiry the painful tale was found to be too true. The unfortunate lady was Miss Grove, the daughter of an eminent member of the English bar of that name, who, with hen mother and some other members of the family, had come a short time ago from the south to spend a few weeks in the Highlands. The occurrence was rendered all the more distressing by the painful catastrophe having been witnessed from the shore by the poor girl's mother and sister. From the fact of Miss Grove being able to swim, it is suppised that cramp or some attack of a like nature must have been the cause of the melancholy accident. Mies Grove was 20 years of age, and was about to be married. FALL FROM HUN STANTON CLIFFS.—A terrible accident occurred at Huostanton, bt. Edcaund'e, yesterday morning about 2 o'clock. William Oldfield, a photographer, having fallen asleep or' the top of the cliffs, about 200 yards to tae eastward of the Lighthouse, rolled over and fell to the rocks below, about 6 feet. The only marvel is that he was not killed instantaneously. At about 7 o'clock he was found among the rocks by a Mr Milne, and an alarm being given, assistance was speedily procured from the Co istguard station, and he was removed to the town. Though very badly injured, he was still alive, but it was deemed necessary to send him to the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospi , al by the 10.30 train. A letter from Toulon of the 12th published in the diessenger du Midi says that the stage coach which arrived there that morning from St. Tropez was forced to travel all night through firo. All the forests to the right and left of the road from Mede to Hyeres were burning over an extent of 12 miles. At the hill of Grateloup, where the passengers found it necessary t 3 alight and walk in order to relieve the horses, they were forced to traverse a complete furnace, and the fir cones which fell under the horses' feet and on the travellers rendered their position ex tremely dangerous. But there was no time for rcilaction, tor they were compelled to quicken their pace in order to avoid being roasted alive. The following evening the uorizon was more clear. The fire was still burning, but it I was further off, and it was driven to lards the sea by the mistral, which was blowing with terrific violence. The last accounts state that the fire in the forest of Reyest was extinguished by the troops sent from Toulon for that purpose. An ingenious " ellkerlator," in Jefferson county, New York, has been " footing " up some of the losses of the war; andphe result of one section of his calculations amounts to these facts:—That enough men have already been slain to encircle the entire state of New York, if their dead bodies were laid in one continuous iiae ; that if they were placed in coffins and corded. they WCI.III count 29,00 cords; that if laid in a wail 25ft Ind 30ft high, it would be over a mile in length; tl at i. ;,lied on a ten-acre lot, they would be nearly 200ic taai: if laid upon the ground, they would cover every loot (it soil in Jefferson county; and, finally, that 75,000 tone o human blood have been spilt fn Dixie's Land—enough to turn every spindle in Lowell. Nay, if the tears were added to the flood, it would turn the machinery of the entire ccntinont; and the un availing sighs would fill every ocean sail. A NEPHEW SUED BY HIS UNCLE FOR FUNERAL EXPENSES —A case of an unusual and rather extraordinary character came under the notice of the judge of the Alas cheater County Court, on Tuesday, in which the plaintiff, Tbos. Wilkinson, a shuttle maker, residing in Tibe-street, sued his nephew, Joseph Robinson, engine driver, Hyde - road, to recover £2 10s, a third share of the expenses con nected with the burial of the plaintiff's brother, who died insolvent. Mr Hodgson appeared for the plaintiff, who deposed that on the night of the funeral, on the sth of Feb ruary, an agreement was entered into between the plaintiff, another brother, and the defendant to divide the expenses. The brother paid his share, and the defendant promised to do the same ; but on being applied to he sahl he had consulted his wife, who was of opinion that the two brothers wore the parties liable to pay, and that the nephew ought not to be called on. The defendant, on being sworn, denied that he had ever made the promise alleged ; but his Honour thought the balance of testimony lay on the other side, and gave judgment for thw plaintiff for the amount ci.oimed. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF A MAN AND WOMAN.— Oa Tuesday evening great excitement prevailed throughout the city of Worcester by the discovery of two b :dies —a man and a woman—in the river Severn, close unde : the bridge. The deceased, a bargeman named Wm. Crumptc.l, and a woman, Ann Sharp, bath appa r ently between thll:tY and forty years of age, have for some time past been living t igether as man and wife. They were missed in the morn..lg, bat no fear as to their fate was en tertained by their frienuls till the middle of the day, when i n formation was given to the police , and the river was se arched by sumo watermet,, who succeeded in find ing two bodies un_ler the first art:h of the bridge. They we re ly , ng in comparatively shallow wa: er together, and had b ee n dead some hours. The bodies were removed to the B r idge Inn, where they await an inquest. seems to be no suggestion of any foul play ; it is most pro;iable that the man, who was drunk, fell overboard, and tla:t the woman, who had been drinking, fell over with hint in try:ug to save him. CURIOUS NAUTICAL EVENT.—An extraordinary I freak of wind and tide occurred at Whitehaven last week. About 4 p.m. Captain Dodd, of the brig Astrea, was hauling over the south side of the harbour to the North hu ries, when the vessel, making a sudden lurch, broke her ropes, knocked her bowsprit holds out, and was carried out of the harbour in the face of a gale of wind right in, Captain Dodd and his crew, perfectly astounded, astounded, imagined that there was nothing for it but a nolens volen3 voyage ; but they had scarcely made up their minds upon this point when the brig, as suddenly as before, took a turn and ran in on the beach by the buoys. The tide was continually flowing and ebbing during the time in which the Astrea was going through this marvellous performance, and the gale that was Wowing seems to have partaken very much of the character of a whirlwind. Whatever it may be called, it was a whirlwind practically to the Astrea, which was carried out of the harbour as already described, with out the slightest signal, and as unceremoniously and in de spite of all control, turned and carried back in the direction indicated. Two of the hoppers were carried out of the har. boor in the same manner and at the same time.—Cumber land I'acquet. DIVORCE AND R E - MARR IAGE. —The marriage re turns for 1862, which have ju st been issued, distin • guish the marriage of 28 divorced persons in tie year. Ten of these marriages took plac e in London. Fifteen divorced nun married spinsters, and two divorced men married widows ; nine divorced women were married to bachelors, and two divorced women to widowers. There was also another instance, occurring at Birmingham, where a man and woman, once husband and wife, but divorced, were re married. The number of divorced persons is increasing, and hence these marri ages of divorced persons Increase ; the number reported in 1862 was abut three times as many as in any previous year. JNOWN THIEVES AT LARGE.—It appears from a recently issued blue book that last year there were in England and Wales at large 5,095 known thieves under 16 years of age, and 28,2,'1l atm , that age. OXFORT ► R ACES—Mrs DAT. (BY EL ECTI .IC -TELEGRAPH,) INN E ,E E 1 'E RS' PLATE. Pupil ....... 1 GipFy Girl Birdfinder ••••• .. 3 vdro an. MATca— Ha v.k - s.llaw beat Rappel. PRINCESS OF' WALES' STAKES. 1. 3 RosP Ump:,re f,13. ran, The Stranding the Steamship Co3sac. .... .-...,_...-- ----- Oa Wednesday morning the inquiry into the cause of the stranding of therecrew steamer Cossack, belonging to Messrs. Bailey and LeethLm, was re sumed at the police-court, Hull, before the stipen diary magistrate, Mr T. H. Travis, and Capt. Harris and Captain Biker. The captain's statement was handed in by Mr `um eaure, but it differed in no way from the defence elade by Mr Summers on Tuesday, and contained ro facts which were not brought out in evidence. Testimonials from Messrs Torr, High-street, and Mr Walker were put in. The Court then delivered the following judgment: In this case I have had The very valuable assist ance of Captains Harris and Baker, end :we have considered the whole of teete evidence that has been given very carefully, and ajso we have given due at tentica to the statement caade by the c3ptain, latter I think it right to dispo6 e of first, and I do b 0 in a single word. It is by simply sasing that be puts his defence on three ground s — that - the com passes were defective; that there was a strong cur rent ; and that the list of the ship al so, to „cue extent, tended to produce the disaster which oc curred. We ere not satisfied in the slightest degree that any one of these grounds is supported by any evidence whatever. Now, the points that we hav e looked at chiefly aro these—lo ;king at the very dangerous position when off Kullen in which the ship was placed—dangerous, inasmuch as it was a difficult coast to navigate, whether the captain really used those ordinary precautions which might be naturally expected from persons in his situation. We have been driven to the conclusion that he did not do so, for, with the exception of a lock out, which was of very little use when. there was such a haze on, no other precaution seems to have been adopted at all. No bearings were taken ; no lead was east; and, in short, he appears to have relied upon the very insufficient judgment afforded by the human eye as to his distance from land and his posi t time altogether. Under these circumstances, though we have given due credit for the judicious course adopted after the accident happened, and we also give due weight to the testimonials as to his former . character, yet we feel we are bound to say that Captain Ford has been guilty of a default, land for that 1 adjudge his certificate be euspecded for EiX months from this day." RACING FIXTURES FOR 1864. AUGUST. York August 2:i I Devon and Exeter 30 Plymouth Lichfield SEPT: 3133E1t. 'Weymouth 1 134 de- Bad en Warwick September 6 Bridg, water 8 Leicester .. Doncaster .. Brecon .. 19 Richmond Royal Caledonian Hunt 21 Monmouth Manchester Autumn 23 Newmarket Firdt October 27 OESER. OCT Bedford Edinburgh and Lothians Club. N e wmarket ,?•econd Oct lO NovE: Worcester Autumn .... 1 Shrewsbury Autumn .. 14 Lincoln !Lela() Glouceatt.r Newmarket bug on 24 MUER. I Leamin[,, , ton&War.Hunt 22 IRISH. SZPTEMB.EIt. Curragh 6, 7, 8 OCTOBER. Oarreo l ll 0 9 9; 11; ~,,,, 18, 19, 20 Is2l 137 61 13 loin CS 8 don ! 00 New Arrivals at the Zoological Gardens. SECOND EDITIOTV. SUN OFFICI HALF-PAST 4 O'CLoCK. SPORTING INS 1:B rgLIGENCE,—This Day, Two Bathers Drowned at ElackpooL O❑ Tuesday an inquest was held at Marton, rear Blackpool, on the body of a man, named Edward Dean. It appeared that the deceased, who was 21 years of age, was a bookkeeper it Manchester, and that last Saturday he went to 81eci... 1 / 4 .p00!. On Sun day he, along with two or three other young gen tlemen, proceeded on the shore to Bispham, for the parpose of bathing. They stripped, went into the water, and in - a few minutes the parties, with the exception of the deceased, came out. They left him in water not more than two feet deep. When they Lad dresseJ he commenced screaming, and eventually fell down into the water. They did not go to him because, as they alleged, they " had their clothes on." Two or three of the witnesses deposed that there would have been to difficulty in rescuing the deceased ; for some reason, however, this was not done, and the deceased was ultimately allowed to drown. His body was recovered soon afterwards. One of the witnesses—Police•sergeant Morrison—said that shortly after the accident he met a young man, whom he did not know, who told him that a gentleman bad been drowned (he meant the de• ceased); that whilst o❑ the hikes near the shore he heard screams, and there saw the deceased fall into the water; that he then ran to the edge of the water, but did not go to the deceased, because he had " lost his nerve and was frightened, end would have dirtied his trousers if he had done so." Afterwards he (witness) told him that he should want him to give evidence at the inquest on Monday or Tuesday. The man promised to attend ; but he had ascertained that he left Black pool on Sunday. He did not know the name of the man, nor the place he came from.—The Jury re turned a verdict of found drowned.—On the same day, an inquest , a as held at Blackpool, on the body of a man, named Reuben Harrison, who resided at Burnley. The deceased, who was a confectioner, went to Blackpool last Saturday. On Monday he bathed above the pier, and whilst in the water he appeared to swim out a little. He then swam into deep water, but soon atterwards sunk, and was drowned. Na one was with him, and it would have been impossible, under the circumstances, for any cile to have saved him. The Jury returned a verdict of accidentally drowned. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. LONDON, Aug. 19.—Windt this day at noon--N.Y.; light brefiza and fine. SOUTHAMPTON, Fridr 7 Morning. Arrived—Laura, from Soundbwati—Juno, from ord maling—Glean, from Shields—Ripon (steamer), from Alexandria—La Mesange, from Carentan. (13y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, August 18—Unieratio, rtbm Archangel— Clemens, from Flushing—Ken, from Riga. Arrived, August 13—Charlotte Stringer, from Arch angel—Waterloo, from RAterdarn. bailed, August 19—Boldera (screw steamer), for Gothen burg—sir It Peel (screw steamer), for Dai - irk—Rhine (screw steamer), for Boulogne. • DEAL, Friday Morning. Anchored—Martha M'Connell, from London, tor Buenos Ayres. Passed—Sybil, for Port Beaufort—Eas , ein Province (ateqmer), fur Algoa Bay—both from London—Pioneer tram Tarragona for London—Atalanta (brig), from Grenada for Newcastle—S!sters of Weymouth, form the north for the west. ANOTHER ABSENCE THAT COULD VERY WELL BE b:TARED.—The Princess M a thilde kept away from the r;ception of the King of Spain at St. Cloud, it appears, followit:g in this the example of the Prince Napoleon. MRS YELVERTO2.I.—The lion. Mrs. Yelverton, whose health has suffered much from the excitement atten dant upon her recent trials, loaves London to-day o n a visit to Mr Yelverton, the uncle of her husband, at Condette, Pas de Calais. GARIBALD I ON TIIE AMERICAN letter name to ii°n Suisse, Garibaldi says " i have desire the d tod d der of h n , L a the 4,000 citizsus of Geneva who United States in favour of the main aeareidstso my t main tenance of the constitutiou and the abolition of slavery, and I hope in so doing to obtain the approbation of the Liberal press, and of all my fellow citiants. Glory to Switzerland I The old home of liberty deserves L' stand in the vanguard of human emancipation. From a fatality now weighing on nations, we see great peoples grow less, and even disappear before the lying flattery of despotism, amd the champions of freedom become the police of tyranny. Well, let Swit zrland take the lead till nations repent. Tyrants pass away ; nations are immortal. What avails a minority ? We shall conquer by the aid of our old traditions ; and we shall again see tyranny melt before the popular phalanx as snow before the sun. We shall conquer because we have right, justice, and brotherhood on our side. Let me now call the attention of Switzerland to a great fact. The American republics present to the world the spec• tacle of the connection of the peoples. An aggression against the Peruvian territory, completed by the Spanish Bourbons, has raised a cry of shame and vengeance from all her sister nations. If the elder sister of republics wil send one word of comfort to her suffering sister, it would! be a striking contrast to the shameful leaguer of tyrants against liberty, which we now see in Europe. Mind this — Poland swamped by Russia amid the apathy of a ll is the first step to a return to the barbarism of the milale ages. 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